ZIMBABWEAN cricketer Hamish Light says he will need to continue posting high scores if he wants to catch fellow Luctonians opener James Platford.

Light hit a blistering 109 last Saturday to help his side beat Kington by 68 runs and remain top of GB Liners Marches League Division One.

"Each week, I'm starting to find a bit more form and I'm chasing James to try and keep up with him," said Light.

"I think he won the most runs last year, so I don't want him to get too far ahead.

"It's a bit of friendly banter between us, but it's nice for two of us in the team chasing each other and there's a few more guys chipping in, which is good.

"There's a good team spirit and all the boys are looking to do well.

"I missed out on a hundred last year, so it's nice to get a couple already this year."

Light moved to the UK in 2003 to study in Essex and settled in England after marrying his partner.

The batsmen is in his second spell at Luctonians after moving back to Zimbabwe to work on farms for four years.

"It's only Twenty20 cricket out there, so it helps with the heavy hitting," added Light.

"UK cricket is very good fun, the banter is great and it's nice to get together with both teams afterwards."

"We narrowly missed out last year, coming runners-up in the league and in the cup, so we've got a point to prove this year.

"With the new pavilion and changing rooms, it's a nice sporting set-up and the youngsters coming through are very good.

However, Light feels the standard of cricket in the Marches League is not as good as when he first joined Luctonians.

"The top three or four teams are still doing well, but some of the lower teams are struggling to find numbers," he said.

"But this year seems to be of a higher standard than last year, which is nice to see.

"All the teams are more closely competing.

"Luctonians have always had a good rivalry with the likes of Kington and Goodrich, but we want to get the higher standard of cricket in Herefordshire."

After being put into bat, Luctonians amassed 237-7 off their 45 overs.

Light's 109 was obviously key, but Lucs were also thankful to the useful runs posted by fellow opener Duncan Platford (31) and Matt Bengry (39).

Kington shared the wickets around, with Michael Green, Wayne Morgan and Ben Smith all snapping up two each.

The home side were always up against it, with the Luctonians bowling attack proving too strong.

Pete Griffiths took the majority of the wickets, helping himself to four, while Chris Griffiths and Bengry snapped up two apiece.

Green top-scored for Kington with 30, while Duncan Morgan (22) and Rob Stokes (21) got over 20 runs.

But it was never enough and Lucs eased to a 25-point win that puts them 23 points clear of Garnons at the top of the division.

This Saturday, Luctonians host Builth Wells, while Kington, who are seventh, go to Canon Frome & Marden.